By kissing a belt that may or MAY NOT BE from Mary??? I think it lines up more with superstition
Early Christian writings indicate that the Virgin Mary actually visited Mt. Athos. If anyone had a chance to acquire an article of her clothing, it would have been the residents of Mt. Athos. In honor of the Holy Theotokos and ever Virgin Mary, no other woman has been permitted to set foot on Mt. Athos since then.